Bearing structure



Feb. 25, 1930.

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' BEARING STRUCTURE Filed Feb. 26, 1926 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 10 The bearing P tented Feb. zfs, 930

UNI ED STATES PATENT OFFICE TAKES FISHER, F WAUKESH AyWISGONSIN, ASSIGNOB T0 WAUKESHA MGTOR COMPANY, OF WA'UKESHA, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF WISCONSIN BEARING srnucrunn' I Application med February 26, 1926. Serial No. 99,747.

My invention relates to bearing structures,

particularly to the lubrication thereof wherev the lubricating oil is fed under pressure, the

invention being of particular utility in con-' nection with internal combustion engines where the crank shaft bearings comprise stationary and removable bearing halves" between which aligning shims are usually placed. 1

halves are usually linedwith bearing material such as Babbitt metal or Fahrig metal and in or through which-the oil conducting groove is cut. Heretofore such groove extended entirely around the bearing circumference and was connected with the 7 a0 non-leakage joint the usual practice has been to project the shims a distance inwardly beyond the bearing half joints and to then bore or'ream the bearing passageway and the oil groove 50 as to insure a perfect fit. Even with such careful work the least displacement of a shim during assembly of the halves when receiving a shaft might result in leakage between the oil groove sections and consequently the loss of pressure, and the efficiency of the lubrication would be destroyed.

The important object of my invention is to provide an arrangement of oil grooves and the feeding thereof which will eliminate the necessity of careful machining or other finsection of an engine showing part of the crank shaft, its supporting bearing, and pumping means for supplying oil under pressure to the hearing;

ishing and which will insure the maintenance of the full'pressure on the oil. This I accom- Preferably the channel is formed Fig. 2 is an enlarged sectional view on plane 2-2 of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on plane 3-3 or Fig. 2.

Within the crank case C is shown the crank shaft S and its center and rear bearing structures B and B. The oil pump P is driven by the gearing chainA from the cam shaft D, the pump drawing oil from the well E'and a distributing pipe F leading from the pump distributes the oil to the crank shaft bearings.

Referring to Figs. 2 and 3, the lower or removable hearing half or cap has the lugs 10 for registering with the lugs 11 on the stationary or upper bearing half, the aligning and fitting shims 13 being inserted between the halves before the bolts 14 are tightened up to secure the bearing halves around the respective shaft section. To reduce the friction of the bearings a bushing 15 is usually provided lined or faced with a thin layer of bearing material 16, such as Babbitt metal or Fahrig metal,'the bushing being in halves to practice.

In accordance with my invention I provide in the stationary bearin half bushing an oil groove 17 and in the ushing of the lower or removable bearing half I provide a similar oil groove 17, these grooves extending transversely in the bushings butterminating short of the edges thereof so that the grooves will form wells extending transversely along the shaft and closed thereby.

To supply oil to these lubricating wells,'I provide a distributin channel 1 8, which channel may be cut entirely in the bushing or the bearing frame, or partly in both as shown. by cutting continuous or registering grooves in the bushing and frame, and the channel is preferably located in the same diametral plane with the distributing wells 17 and 17 with which the channel is connected respectively through passageways 19 and 20 through the bushing 17 and 17' from which the oil is drawn by the tend therethroughand, as best shown in 1 2', I provide each of the shims 13 with a hofe 22, which holes, will form passa ways through the shims that register with t e sections of the channel 18. When the bearing bolts 14 are drawn up,.the shims will be compressed between' the bearing halves and any leakage at the holes 22 or at their juncture withthe channel sections, will be prevented,

and the full pressure otuthe lubricating oil will thus at all times be maintained in the channel and in the distributing wells 17 and 17'. With my improved arrangement the shims can be formed so that when applied between the bearing halves their inner edges will extend short of the bearing face or surface of the bearing passageways so that any slight dis lacement of the shims will have no efiect an will not re'uire s ecial finishing operation. The shims ave a so the holes-23 for receiving the bearing bolts 14.

It is evident that instead of only a single distributing oil well for each bearrng hal a number of wells could be provided and interconnected or connected directly with the sup: ply channel 18. When the engine is operating at high speed or underheavy load and high temperature, the strain might cause deflection or relative displacement of the bearing .halves, and with the old arrangement where the distributing grooves on one half into said pressure from said source to the oil passa In witness whereof, I hereunto subscn e my name this 19th. da of February, 1926. J S B. FISHER.

communicated with those on the other half, j such displacement would tend to open up the connections between the grooves and permit leakage and disturbance'ofthe oil ressure.

However, with-my arrangement, w ere thedisdistributln wells are dead ended, an tortion or isplacement of the bearing alves would have no efiect on the pressure. There could be no leakage from the channel 18'even though the bearinghalves or shims became slightly displaced as the pressure caused by the bolts 14 would keep the joints sufiiciently tight 'to prevent an such leakage. The

proper pressurefor t e most eflicient lubrieating oil distribution will, therefore, be

maintained.

Having described my invention, I claim as follows In combination, a'bearing structure includ ing separable sections, bushing sections in the respective bearing sections and each provided in its bearing face with a groove terminatr ing short of the edges thereof, each bushing section also-having in its outer face a circumferentlal channel extending from edge to 

